Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport Map Print (BRO)

BRO KBRO Brownsville, Texas

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your BRO artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Brownsville's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Brownsville's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

Brownsville/South Padre Island International

BRO · Brownsville, Texas

25.9061° N · 97.4260° W
Field elevation 22 ft

Identifier

BRO

ICAO code

KBRO

Field elevation

22ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

3°E

Runways

13/317,399 × 150 ft

18/366,000 × 150 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport Runway Diagram Print

Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport works two asphalt runways that cross, and the print is built on that crossing. Runway 13/31 is 7,399 by 150 feet and runs northwest to southeast, the long diagonal that carries the eye from one corner of the sheet toward the other. Runway 18/36 is 6,000 by 150 feet and stands close to north and south along the western side of the field. The two meet high and to the left in the frame, near the 13 threshold and near the northern end of 18/36, so the long southeast leg of 13/31 runs on alone past the taxiways. Field elevation is 22 feet above sea level, printed in the margin, and magnetic variation is 3E, so the plotted headings sit near true north.

Brownsville was once the main terminal for air service between the United States and Mexico. Pan American World Airways took a controlling stake in Mexicana de Aviacion in 1929 and began Ford Trimotor flights from here to Mexico City, later extended to the Yucatan Peninsula to meet Pan Am's Caribbean network. Charles Lindbergh opened the route on March 9 of that year, landing after a flight of five hours and 38 minutes from Mexico City, with a crowd of over 20,000 waiting for him. Amelia Earhart was among them, and the main street in front of the airport carries her name. Because of the weather pilots met in the mountains over Mexico, the field became an early center for technical work on instrument navigation, the practice then called blind flying.

During World War II the field was redubbed Brownsville Army Air Field and used for pilot training, engine testing and overhauls. Pan American had overhauled nearly 6,000 engines by the end of the war, B-29 bombers were renovated on site, and the airport held one of the largest overhaul facilities in the country. The base was declared surplus and inactivated on March 5, 1946, and the field returned to full civilian control. In 1952 Trans-Texas Airways DC-3s worked a local run from Brownsville through Harlingen and McAllen on the way to Houston. The airport took its present name in 1983, a new terminal opened in 2021 in part for the traffic that came with SpaceX operations at the South Texas launch site, and a flap from the Starship SN8 test vehicle went on public display at the airport in March 2022.

The print leaves the layout to speak for itself. Runway designators, lengths and widths follow the published figures, while taxiways, apron edges and building footprints are reduced to flat geometry over the ground tone you choose. The field covers 1,700 acres, and the whole of it sits inside the frame: a dense grid of taxiways filling the eastern half, the terminal apron and its stack of small rectangles along the western edge, and the long 13/31 diagonal cutting through both. It is original wall art composed from published airport information and available field depictions rather than a navigation document, printed to order at a size that reads from across a room and rewards a closer look.

Brownsville (BRO) print, common questions

How many runways does Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport have?

Two, and they cross. Runway 13/31 is 7,399 by 150 feet and runway 18/36 is 6,000 by 150 feet. Both are asphalt, and the print shows them meeting near the northern end of the shorter runway.

What is the longest runway at BRO, and how high is the field?

Runway 13/31 is the longer of the two at 7,399 feet. Field elevation is 22 feet above sea level, and that figure is set in the margin of the print.

What does BRO stand for, and where is the airport?

BRO is the IATA code for Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport, about five miles east of downtown Brownsville in Cameron County, Texas, at roughly 25.91 north, 97.43 west.

Why does Brownsville matter in aviation history?

It was once the main terminal for air service between the United States and Mexico. Pan American World Airways began Ford Trimotor flights from here to Mexico City in 1929 and Charles Lindbergh flew the inaugural, and during World War II the field served as Brownsville Army Air Field, with one of the largest engine overhaul operations in the country.

Is the diagram accurate to the real airport?

Runway designators, lengths, widths and the angle between the two runways follow published airport information for the field. It is original wall art, not a chart: fine details may be simplified or omitted, including minor taxiway markings, signage and small structures, and it is not for navigation.

What sizes can I get, and does this work as a gift?

Each print is made to order in a range of sizes and finishes, on a ground tone you pick at checkout. It lands well with anyone who has flown into deep south Texas, worked on the field, or grew up under the approach to runway 13.